Hi Wendy
Sorry to hear that things are unhappy, been through it too with one son - he was an utter nightmare for 2 years and has turned into a thoughtful, pleasant, caring son and now husband. It doesn't help much me saying that I know, but if I went through it again (no chance !) I'd do things that I like to do, hobbies or more studying, learn a language (you don't need to spend a lot of money as there's so much free stuff online these days). My husband
tries to understand but he's only human and we have arguments when I feel it's all my fault, cry, and feel useless, not valued..........so I know how you feel. The antidepressants should take a few weeks to take effect, (HRT less time but I'm not too sure). Oh, reading is a great switch off/pick me up for me.
I saw a post title for "Husbands" somewhere on here - why not let your DH read that or print off something for him? In the recent MM magazine Lorraine Kelly has an article and I asked my DH to read that - he does understand a bit more now!
Hope you feel better soon - keep posting! I felt terrible yesterday but a few replies to a post I put up has made the world of difference to me
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Take care.
Poppi x